At this moment, in the palace, in the apse of the Qianqing Palace, in the emperor's living room, the emperor is furious. "What does this mean? I have spent so much food and so much silver, I can build another palace, and I can organize another army to reinforce the northwest, and what did he give me in exchange? How many umbrellas did you get in exchange? Why do you want this? I think his brain was broken by those bullshit Confucian students, right? ”

The great eunuchs and palace maids bowed their heads and remained silent.

The emperor lost his temper for a while, and threw a few teacups in hatred, before sitting on the chair and panting angrily.

The big eunuch came to Qing Gonggong and quietly sent someone to Zhongcui Palace to invite the concubine, but he hid. The emperor rested for a while, then began to lose his temper again and throw things.

After a while, Chen Guifei had already calmly come to the Qianqing Palace, and before she entered the apse inside, she saw the big eunuch hiding on the side to celebrate her father-in-law. smiled and said: "Come to my father-in-law, you are really lazy, Baba called the palace, but he hid here." ”

Lai Qing hurriedly ran over to greet him, and said with a smile: "The emperor is furious, the minions are timid, and their faces are small, so they can't be persuaded to persuade them, so they have to invite the mother to save the lives of the little ones." ”

Chen Guifei laughed: "You old slippery head, you are still small-faced, I see that the queen's face is not as big as yours, okay, say it quickly, what is the emperor angry about?" ”

Lai Qing laughed dryly, and said quietly: "Speaking of this matter, I really can't complain that the emperor is angry, these three princes are too losers, a huge amount of silver, money and grain are spent, and a few Wanmin umbrellas are sent every day, this is not the end, these three states have only gone one and a half, and there is still half, how much will it cost?" The minions were distressed. ”

Chen Guifei smiled and said: "Of course you slave is distressed, the third prince is comforting the people, he spends a lot of money, but he also saves a lot of people." ”

Lai Qing said: "What the concubine said is true. But I still can't help but feel sorry for the money. The emperor is the Son of Heaven, others don't know, don't you know? How many worries there are every day, either this place is dry, or that place is waterlogged, if it weren't for the northwest tossing again. The emperor was happy for a few days. The emperor was frugal for these bad things, and some time ago, Niangniang's brother was loyal to the country and donated so much silver. The minion thought. Now it's all right. The emperor doesn't have to worry about money. The emperor can also do a few things that the emperor has wanted to do for a long time, such as repairing a garden for the summer, increasing the number of troops he wants to increase in the northwest, and adding more use to the harem. Lest you be wronged, you can also add it. Who would have thought that this was not done at all, and the silver had not yet been heated, so it was spent on the third prince like water at once, how could it not make people angry. ”

When Laiqing said that he was emotional, he squeezed out a few tears from his eyes.

Chen Guifei also put away her smile: "Yes, the emperor is working too hard, but it is not good to lose his temper like this, it is not good for the dragon body." ”

Lai Qingyi clapped his hands and said, "Yes." Niangniang, in this palace, Niangniang is the most distressed emperor, and the emperor is most willing to listen to you, so the slave has the courage to invite you to Niangniang. ”

What else does Chen Guifei have to say. The emperor's voice suddenly came from inside the inner hall: "Laiqing, who are you talking to?" ”

Chen Guifei hurriedly smiled, calmly walked to the inner hall and said: "Your Majesty, it was a concubine who came to visit the emperor, and there was something I wanted to tell the emperor, so I came, and I didn't disturb the emperor." If it is inconvenient for the emperor, the concubine will come back another day. ”

The emperor said, "It's the concubine, come in." Come to Qing, dog minion, don't let people clean up this place yet. ”

Laiqing hurriedly crossed the concubine, and the commander went in to clean up.

Chen Guifei didn't seem to see the debris all over the ground, and saluted the emperor dignified and generously, and the emperor kindly supported Chen Guifei and did it with him.

Chen Guifei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the concubines looked at the accounts in the palace during this period of time, and found that some places were too extravagant, thinking that now the drought in the world is severe, many people are displaced, and the income of the treasury this year will definitely be reduced, and the emperor will be anxious again, so I think it is better to reduce these items, so that the harem will have less expenses, and it can be regarded as worrying about the emperor." ”

As soon as the emperor heard this, he immediately felt obedient in his heart, let go of his frowning brows, took Chen Guifei's Qianqianyu hand and said, "Ai Concubine, you are still considerate." Speaking of virtuousness, you are really the first in this harem. This year is difficult, there are so many disaster-stricken places in the world, and money is asked everywhere, and this year's tax revenue will definitely be greatly reduced. ”

Chen Guifei said with concern: "Your Majesty, this is a big deal, you can't worry about it here alone, you have to be careful of the dragon body." If you want the concubines to say, these things depend on the ability of these ministers. In peacetime, they say this and that, and when something happens, it's time for them to come up with ideas and find a way, and they will raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a while. The royal rice can't be raised in vain. ”

These few words made the emperor laugh. After laughing, the emperor sighed and said: "Ai Concubine, I didn't want to say it, but now I want to talk to you again, I have been angry with the old three for the past few days." ”

Chen Guifei asked in surprise: "Third prince?" Didn't he go for disaster relief? ”

The emperor said angrily: "It was only when I went to relieve the disaster that I was angry." Look at him, he asks for money and food every day, and I think that for the sake of my people, in order to make San'er look good when he goes out for the first time, I grit my teeth and do my best to supply it. Every day, a large amount of grain and silver money is left for San'er. Look at it, what do you get? How many broken umbrellas? What are you doing with all this nonsense? On the other hand, looking at the fourth, he is a few months younger than his age, and he has already dealt with the disaster relief affairs in the two states without asking for money and food, although he does not have a single umbrella for the people, but I am not blind or deaf, I still know the situation there. The people there had already replanted their crops and started to work, working on their own every day, receiving money, buying grain, and planting crops, without the support of the imperial court. These two brothers are partial, they gave the third child money and food, but not the fourth, but you see, how well the fourth child did a good job, the third child, is really angry. ”

Chen Guifei smiled and said, "This matter? Your Majesty, you can't be angry, how old is this third child this year, and he grew up in the inner courtyard of the deep palace, and he has been favored by the emperor since he was a child, where do you understand these things in the world. This first time I went out to do something, it was inevitable that there would be mistakes and omissions. It would be nice to have more experience in the future. Think about when I was a child at home, the first time my mother let go of my hand and let me take care of the housework, all of a sudden it was a mess, the family couldn't even eat, I forgot to give the person who picked vegetables to deal the right cards, that day the whole family ate dry rice, I was very embarrassed, in fact, my mother had already found out, it could have been corrected immediately, but in order to make me remember for a long time, I deliberately didn't say it, let the whole family eat dry rice, this time I remembered. ”

The emperor's face softened.

Chen Guifei said again: "Your Majesty, the third child is a smart person, but he was corrupted by those rotten Confucians, and he always said what the way of the holy king, and the concubines didn't understand, is the way of the holy king to make the court suffer?" Those people want to help, but they can't just lie down and wait for the court to eat? Isn't this teaching the people to be lazy? Hehe, Your Majesty, this is the opinion of the concubine's wife, don't take it to heart. ”

The emperor was very helpful to these words. At this time, Chen Guifei saw that the emperor's love had changed, so she took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing I want to tell you, that is, Wan Zhaoyi and his concubines have repeatedly talked about the marriage of the three princes. It's no wonder that the four princes have been married for a long time, and the third prince of this brother has not yet decided to marry. The concubines were also anxious, all because of this drought, and the marriage of the three princes was delayed. ”

The emperor was very concerned about this matter and asked: "This is, I look at it, the fourth child was also confused before, but after the wedding, he changed and matured." It seems that the third child has to get married early. ”

Chen Guifei said: "But, your majesty, are the three princes still in disaster relief now?" I guess I can't come back in a short time? ”

The emperor said: "It's nothing, he's not the same, this marriage is the words of the matchmaker of his parents, where is there anything about him?" Concubine Ai went to see which girl was good, find a virtuous and capable one, I gave it, and handed it over to the Ministry of Rites to get it. Those red tape are very time-consuming, and when they get it right, the third child should also come back, just in time for the wedding. ”

Chen Guifei said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, it's not that the concubines are lazy, it's just that these three princes have his biological mother Wan Zhaoyi, where is it the turn of the concubines to pick a daughter-in-law?" ”

The emperor said: "The Wan family is unreliable in doing things, and he can't educate himself, where will he choose a daughter-in-law?" This kind of thing still comes out of a big mansion like Concubine Ai, so it's okay. ”

Chen Guifei said again: "But even if Wan Zhaoyi doesn't care, isn't there a queen mother?" The queen is a mother-in-law after all. ”

The emperor saw it now, Chen Guifei just didn't want to wade into this troubled water. Think about it, Chen Guifei herself has no prince, how can she choose a daughter-in-law for others. He nodded and said, "Okay, let the queen pick one for him, and I'll let Laiqing go to pass the decree." ”

Chen Guifei gossiped with the emperor for a while, and the emperor happily agreed to reduce the expenses in the palace, and sent a decree to the palaces. Chen Guifei said goodbye and left.

Chen Guifei left, and the emperor's mood also told Chen Guifei that he was good, and he was very interested in letting Laiqing take him to the back garden for a walk.

When Laiqing saw the kung fu for a while, Chen Guifei coaxed the emperor well, and couldn't help but admire Chen Guifei's ability. Since then, I have more respect for Chen Guifei. Discuss anything with Chen Guifei, Chen Guifei is generous and dignified, smart and generous, and can always give Laiqing a good idea, Laiqing became more and more dependent on Chen Guifei, and the two formed an alliance.

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